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| Country | India |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Indian subcontinent |
| Network | Asianet News Network |
| Headquarters | Bengaluru,Karnataka |
| Programming | |
| Language | Kannada |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Jupiter Capital Private Limited |
| Sister channels | Asianet News Daily Post News |
| History | |
| Launched | 31 March 2008; 17 years ago (2008-03-31) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| YouTube | (World wide) |
Asianet Suvarna News is aKannada news channel owned byAsianet News Network, a news media subsidiary of Asianxt Digital Technologies.[1] The majority shareholder of the company isRajeev Chandrasekhar, who is aRajya Sabha member from theBharatiya Janata Party.[2] It launched on 31 March 2008, the channel was the third news channel to be aired in theKannada language.[3] The channel has telecast fabricated news and social mediahoaxes on various occasions.[4][5][6][7][8]
Asianet suvarna news (formerly Suvarna News) was launched as a 24x7Kannada news channel on 31 March 2008[3] byAsianet Communications Limited, the media enterprise of Jupiter Capital Private Limited. With the launch, Asianet Suvarna News became the third News channel in Kannada.
Suvarna News had existed as anews bulletin onSuvarna TV before the launch of its own channel in 2008.[9][1] In November 2008,Star India acquired Asianet Communications excluding its news media operations.[10] As a result, Suvarna News was placed under theAsianet News Network which continued to be owned by Jupiter Capital.[1] Suvarna News was rebranded asAsianet Suvarna News on 1 December 2020.
The channel has a history of frequent changes in its editorial leadership. According to Shashidhar Bhat, the first and former editor of the channel,Rajeev Chandrasekhar maintains editorial control through the corporate management of the company.[1] The channel has also been documented to have telecast fabricated news on multiple occasions; in instances picked up from unverified social mediahoaxes.[4][6][5][8][7]
According to some reports, personnel from Suvarna News had also provided technical assistance for setting upNaMo TV,BJP party channel, before and after the2019 Indian general election.[1]
The National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) finned Suvarna News was Rs 50,000 for their biased coverage of the Tablighi Jamaat congregation of March 2020.[11][12]
The Human rights organization,People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) reported that Suvarna News along with other media channels, aidedright wingHindutva activists with coverage, during theattacks by right-wingers against the Karnataka's Christian community in 2021.[13][14]
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